Therian/ Otherkin/ Fictionkin
It is a spiritual belief, at least how I understand it. I have heard of psychological kin and coping kin, but this is about those of us who see it as a spiritual belief.
So you see, we believe that our souls are something nonhuman. A lot of us believe this has happened due to reincarnation, that that’s how we’re human now.
We do acknowledge we are presently in human bodies and in fact human.
But the soul, something that can’t really be proven anyway, is believed to be something other.
But what about fictionkin?
Well, I’ve always believed that authors and creators aren’t making something up but pulling subconsciously from another realm/universe. I believe I have seen something that suggests the multiverse exists and this could help as proof.
So one could have the soul of something that is fiction here but real somewhere else.
“You’re all mentally ill!”
Why yes, I am mentally ill. But my illness is controlled and at this point I am living as a normal human being. I no longer hallucinate or have delusions and I think my flawed logic is under control too. However, I still feel the therian/kin things that I always have. This suggests to me that they are in fact real and normal.
When my symptoms were out of control, I had trouble connecting with my real self and that includes the kin-ness. My astral companion and I could not communicate during psychotic episodes and it was terrible and scary.
But now I’m all better and I’m still kin.
“You wouldn’t know what this is if not for the internet!”
That’s true but I think one can be kin without realizing it. They just don’t know the term or can’t quite pin the feelings. But it can still happen without the internet and probably isn’t expressed due to social norms and fear of being made fun of/ put down for such feelings.
“You’re all kids!”
Only on tumblr and not even entirely here. I’m 20, I have a friend who is kin who is 20 something (sorry friend I can’t remember exactly). On therian/ kin sites you see many older individuals. But the don’t talk so much here because there isn’t much to say. Once you get used to being therian/kin that’s it, you don’t really feel the need to talk about it anymore.
But trust me, the community is largely older. I am one of the youngest.
So, yeah, just a few things I felt needed clearing up. I’m going to go hide now and hope no one challenges this. If anyone does I’ll probably have my friend answer because I’m not so good at it.
Any further questions, just ask me!
